The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (trailer)

Kramodlog · Jul 28, 2014

Peter Jackson wants your money. And he will get it.

[video=youtube;ZSzeFFsKEt4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzeFFsKEt4[/video]

Lol. Gandalf is down and seems to be revived by Galadriel. This really is a remake of the LotR.

Homicidal_Squirrel · Jul 29, 2014

/Throws money at jackson

Olgar Shiverstone · Aug 1, 2014

goldomark said:
Lol. Gandalf is down and seems to be revived by Galadriel. This really is a remake of the LotR.

Cleric making pickup on wizard ... check!

I'm looking forward to "The Tolkien Edit" myself, that nixes Tauriel, dwarf-on-Smaug fights, Ricochet Radagast and the Rocket Rabbit Sled, and other non-canon things.

Dioltach · Aug 1, 2014

Olgar Shiverstone said:
I'm looking forward to "The Tolkien Edit" myself, that nixes Tauriel, dwarf-on-Smaug fights, Ricochet Radagast and the Rocket Rabbit Sled, and other non-canon things.

What does that leave you with? Dwarves singing songs? I'm not sure that would make for a great movie.

Don't forget that a good book can't simply be adapted to the big screen without significant changes, particularly in this day and age. People have high expectations of epic fantasy movies, and much as I enjoy reading The Hobbit, as straight adaptation would have been a sad letdown after the visual spectacle of the Lord of the Rings movies.

trappedslider · Aug 1, 2014

Dioltach said:
What does that leave you with? Dwarves singing songs? I'm not sure that would make for a great movie.

Don't forget that a good book can't simply be adapted to the big screen without significant changes, particularly in this day and age. People have high expectations of epic fantasy movies, and much as I enjoy reading The Hobbit, as straight adaptation would have been a sad letdown after the visual spectacle of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Don't forget they also cut out stuff from LotR due to how long it was taking to end..meaning the cut out The Shire due to be too long already, and also with The Hobbit some of what is added is gleaned from some of Tolkien's other works. The Hobbit is also shorter than some of the Harry Potter books

Kramodlog · Aug 1, 2014

Olgar Shiverstone said:
Cleric making pickup on wizard ... check!

I'm looking forward to "The Tolkien Edit" myself, that nixes Tauriel, dwarf-on-Smaug fights, Ricochet Radagast and the Rocket Rabbit Sled, and other non-canon things.

Lol, you'll get the super long version, four more hours of non-canon material that Jackson had to cut out. Basically, he wanted to make fourth film that is just the ending.

MarkB · Aug 1, 2014

Dwarven warsheep FTW.

Olgar Shiverstone · Aug 2, 2014

Dioltach said:
Don't forget that a good book can't simply be adapted to the big screen without significant changes, particularly in this day and age. People have high expectations of epic fantasy movies, and much as I enjoy reading The Hobbit, as straight adaptation would have been a sad letdown after the visual spectacle of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Right. He didn't need to add all that crap to make the movies; he would have been better served cutting a few things to tighten up the storyline. The Beorn sequence would be my recommendation -- go from the Eagles to the forest to shorten things. There's enough in the base story to cater to everyone's action needs.

pickin_grinnin · Aug 2, 2014

Dioltach said:
What does that leave you with? Dwarves singing songs

The singing/dish juggling scene leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

They would probably have a really good movie if they put the whole Hobbit trilogy together and cut out all the silliness.

trappedslider · Aug 3, 2014

pickin_grinnin said:
The singing/dish juggling scene leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

They would probably have a really good movie if they put the whole Hobbit trilogy together and cut out all the silliness.

You haven't read the books have you? :erm: